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# Nerd War!
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/2056/
- Published: 2005-08-17T16:01:39.000Z
- Updated: 2005-08-17T16:01:39.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Current Affairs, Technology, #wpChunk

"It was horrible, officer. They were stabbing each other with pens and bludgeoning each other their thick eyeglasses!" [Link](http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/16/computer.frenzy.ap/index.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). Excerpt:

> A rush to purchase $50 used laptops turned into a violent stampede Tuesday, with people getting thrown to the pavement, beaten with a folding chair and nearly driven over. One woman went so far to wet herself rather than surrender her place in line.

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